Los Angeles Calendar Bike Show Stage and Pro Builder Bikes are really what this event are all about.

The Purrfect Angelz have become an institution at the Los Angeles Calendar Bike Show.

John Franco of Wicked Brothers took home the first place award for Pro Builder at the 2005 Los Angeles Calendar Bike Show.

Best Performance Machine Equipped Bike $5,000. Mark Daley is a custom builder out of Medford, Oregon. His bad-ass bikes are starting to attract nationwide attention so don't be surprised when he gets a build-off invite sometime soon.

This trio of traditional bobbers from Zero Engineering of Tokyo could just as easily been photographed half a century ago.

A rare, near-stock Harley-Davidson sits by the calm waters of Long Beach Harbor.

Exile Cycles understated brand of custom was a big hit at the show.

The promoter reported a 20% increase in attendance for the popular show.

The Bobber Shop's booth encouraged visitors to their booth to feel right at home. You do have a leopard skin rug in your house, don't you?

The builder of this bike couldn't understand my English and I couldn't understand his Japanese.

How well do you think this R1 turns with this monstrous Metzeler on the rear?

Many famed custom builders came to the Long Beach event, but this was not one of them. However, Hooters was raffling off an Orange County Choppers Hooters Chopper.

The deep-offset 18-inch rim on this Jesse Rooke custom is enough to put any Chicago pizzamaker to shame.

I went to a French bike rally once that featured a full-on stripper competition. This is the watered-down American version.

So California... God I love this country.

'Hey, is this supposed to be like this?'

Dreamcraft Studios' 'Rapture' won a $5000 Best in Show prize to help pay its reported $250,000 price tag. The unique bike features a machined aluminum frame, exhaust through the swingarm, and quad fork tubes.

A Buell makes its way up to a shot at dyno stardom in the Jardine Horsepower Shootout.

If I watched cable TV I'd probably know that this rigid-framed bike, with its hammered copper exterior was rushed together in a just a few days to make some build-off competition. I had to ask.

Limited edition Ducatis don't seem nearly so limited when they're parked right next to each other.

This rigid gooseneck Moto Guzzi done by Wizard Creations was one of the more interesting customs on display. The complete lack of suspension in the rear is complimented by an Ohlins superbike fork up front. I love twisted bikes. Also, check out how many pieces on this bike are painted/powder-coated.

The lovely and talented Jesse Payo rocks out with her band.

This very clean flamed chopper won a special 'most obnoxious straight pipes' competition, judged by me. And I like loud pipes.